Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 15766, Daniel Fort, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Fort Daniel Leah
W. 15766
CONTENTS

8732 4 New York Roll.
Daniel Fort,
of Renfelaer Co. in the state of N. Yk. who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Vanshaick of the New Yk. line, for the term of nine months. 1776
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 9. of April 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1. of April 1819, and sent to Jos. Dorr, Esq. Hoosick, New York.
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. . . . . 86. 89 Semi-ann. all'ce ending Sept. 4. 1819. . 48. " ann. 10m. 22/30-4/31. $134.89
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continued on the Roll under the Act
Notification sent to Archibald Bull Esq. 2 d August 1820.
Very S r

1511 Albany New York Leake Fort widow of Daniel Fort dec d .
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 and who died on the 4 th February 1837 of Ponsula in the State of N.Y. who was a Private in the Comp y commanded by Captain _____ of the Regt t commanded by Col o Van Shaick in the N.Y. line for 9 months N.Y. Issue duplicate certificate
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany N.Y. at the rate of 30 Dollars _____ Cents per annum to commence on the 1 st day of March 1834 4 th February 1837
Certificate of Pension issued the 29 th day of Dec r 1838 and sent Hon. H. Vail House of Reps.
Arrears to the 4 th of Sept 1838 $47.57 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar 39, 15.00 $62.50
{ Act July 7, } 1838. }
Recorded by H.H. Addison Clerk Book 4 Vol. 2 o Page 77
Duplicate cert issued March 1 st 1839 and sent to Hon H. Vail

Daniel Pratt W. J. King James in C. S. G. C. A. V. Baptist P. S.
Service must be proved Adm C

Daniel Ford's Certificate

State of New York } On this 9th day of April 1818 before me the subscriber Rensselaer County } one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas for the County of Rensselaer personally appears Daniel Fort aged 59 years resident in the Town of Hoosick County of Rensselaer who being by me first duly sworn doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war" That he the said Daniel Fort enlisted the last of April or the first of May 1776 for the term of five years in the company comman- ded by Captain M c Cracken in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick in the New-York line and served nine months and then hired a substitute for the remaining part of the time whose name was John Nathaniel Pork, a German who he has been informed and believes is dead — and further that he lived on the Northern frontier during the war and was often called into the service sometimes a month, and again two or three weeks, and further he owns no real estate nor any personal except what his country's laws ex- -empt from seizure, and that he is in reduced circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
I sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid —
I Joseph Dorr one of the judges as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Daniel Fort did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me to the Secretary for the Department of War pursuant to the aforementioned act of Congress —
Joseph Dorr
I do hereby certify that it is my Opinion that the above applicant is in such Reduced Circumstances that he stands in need of his Country's assistance for support Joseph Dorr Judge

State of New York County of Washington
Witnesseth
Given under my hand this 10th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 19
I hereby certify that Daniel Fort was a private in the Company of which I was Captain and commanded by Colonel Goose Van Schaick at Fort-George Fort Edward &c in the American Revolution to the time about the year A.D. 1778 and 1779 according to the best of my recollection
Joseph McKen
ne is
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State of New York County of Washington ss
On the 23 rd Day of February in the Year 1819 Before Me Anthony G. Blanchard First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington in the State of New York Appeared Joseph M c Craken a Person well known to Me and worthy of credit who being duly sworn saith that the Contents of the Annexed Certificate to which his Name is Subscribed is true -
Anthony G. Blanchard

State of New York Kings County } I certify that Joseph Dorr Esquire whose signature is affixed to the within declaration was on the ninth Day of April last past One of the Judges of the Court of Com- mon Pleas of said County
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my name and affixed the seal of said Court this 27 th Day of May A.D. 1818
Joseph D. Selden Clerk

State of New York Washington County
I Daniel Shepherd clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Washington do certify that Anthony S. Blanchard Esq r before whom the within affidavit was made at the time and still is First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County acting under the authority of said State and that the name Anthony S. Blanchard subscribed to the within is his signature In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the said Court the 27 th day of February 1819
D Shepherd Clerk

Daniel Fort
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8732
10/12/1818
Series of 1000 Bills

State of New York. Rensselaer County } ss.
On this First day of June 1820 personally appeared in open court, (being a court of record in and for the said County according to the solemn adjudications of the Supreme Court of this state, and being a court which proceeds according to the course of common law ; with a jurisdiction unlimited in point of amount ; keeping a record of its proceedings ; and possessing the power of fine and imprisonment) Daniel Fort aged Sixty one years, resident in the Town of Vossick in said County who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare, that he served in the revolutionary war as follows :— We enlisted under Captain McCracken in Col Van Schaick's Regiment for nine months in the year 1776. or 1777 and served that term fully out & was discharged. He served in various calls of the militia during the war in addition, but at no other time for nine months in one term. The date of his original declaration is the ninth day of July 1818. & the number of his Certificate is 8732.
AND I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, since that time, by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it, as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled " An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war," passed on the 18th of March, 1818 ; and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts, due to me ; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed,
Sworn to and declared on the First day of June — 1820 { Daniel Fort  his mark Archibald D. Duffey Deputy Clerk
State of New York, Rensselaer County } ss.
I, Joseph D. Sedyn Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas held in & for the County of Rensselaer in the State of New York do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath & affidavit and the schedule thereto annexed, are truly copied from the record of the said court ; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said court, that the total amount, in value, of property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is Ten dollars and cents . IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said court, on this first day of June — 1820
Joseph D. Sedyn Clerk.

Schedule of all the real & personal estate (necessary beading & clothing excepted) of Daniel Fort a pensioner of the United States, to wit - Real estate none - Personal estate - one old mare - worth - $10.00
I am by occupation a farmer, but from blindness & infirmity am unable to make but very little - my family consists of a wife aged 60 years, which with myself live with my children who have to support us, besides what our labor does not furnish -
State of New York Rensselaer County ss: Daniel Fort being duly sworn says that the value of the property contained in the above schedule is truly stated therein according to the belief & judgement of this deponent -
Sworn to in Open Court this 1 st June 1820.
Daniel Fort his mark
Archibald Dyer Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County ss }
On this second day of November 1838 personally appeared before me George R Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County Court Leah or Lena Fort a resident of the town of Hoosick in the County of Rensselaer aged seventy eight years the 28 day of September who being first duly sworn according to law, dith, on her oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7 th 1838 entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows:" That she is the widow of Daniel Fort late of the town of Hoosick deceased, who was a pensioner under the act of March 1818.
She further declares that she was married to the said Daniel Fort on the 28 th day of September 1784 at Schachtikoke County of Rensselaer (then County of Albany) by the Reverend Elias Bouscote, who has been dead nearly Twenty years.
That her husband the aforesaid Daniel Fort died on the 4 th day of February 1837 that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the Service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred & ninety four viz at the time above stated.
She further declares that in the event of the marriage with her late husband Daniel Fort, the two classes of income are

and the time of release is now drawing nigh the aged Josephine's eyes, the 7th of March last, and the Catherine Park Bake by the wife, — that the result is the only healthy second, that several of John's children are in the world still, and still and her in the surviving children of the aforesaid marriage — and further that the aforesaid letter was received by her late husband all his real and personal, and that she now is and has remained his widow ever since his death —
Widow ever since his death - Summons and subpoenaed on the day & year above written before Geo R Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County Court in State of New York

in early life added a middle letter to his name for to distinguish him from a Cousin named Alhrid Fort living in the same neighborhood. but since the death of the said Cousin Daniel Fort who died over Twenty years since her aforesaid, left all the "littles" she further declares that she has as frequently heard her mother called Lena or Leah. by her old neighborhood connections - - she knows that the present applicant has lived with her late father or his wife, as long as at her memory goes back about she could well so to have with him until his death aforesaid - and she knows that the said Daniel Fort (her father) died on the 4 th day of February 1837 -
Sworn to and subscribed, on the day & year above written before me Geo R Davis First Judge of Pleas of the County Court Lee
Entharine Baker

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
Jacob C. Lansing of Lansingburgh in the County of Rensselaer being duly sworn says. That he has examined the Record of Marriages of the Reformed Dutch Church in Schaghticoke, referred to in the annexed Deposition of the Revd V. M. Boyd and finds therein. among others, under a General Heading of Marriages. The one certified a Deposed to the said Boyd which is with the others in the Dutch Language, that I am acquainted with said Language, and that the Translation of said Entry is as follows viz-
"1784
"Sep 23 d " "Daniel G. Frost to Lena Borhiski"
and further says not to said called sworn before me this 20 th day of September November 1835.
J. C. Lansing
Rev R. Davis First Judge of Rensselaer County Court

THE NEW TESTAMENT OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, TRANSLATED OUT OF THE ORIGINAL TONGUES; AND WITH THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. BY HIS MAJESTY'S SPECIAL COMMAND.
APPOINTED TO BE READ IN CHURCHES.
EDINBURGH: Printed by MARK and CHARLES KERR, His Majesty's Printers. MDCCXCI.

Cathy Fort was Born March the 7th 1790
Hitty Fort was Born July 27th 1792
Garit & Mariah Fort was Born July the 18th 1795
Sary Fort was Born June 3th 1799
Daniel Fort Died February 4th 1857 at age 67 years

I hereby certify that the certificate of premium for Leah Hobbs of N.Y. under the act of July 7. 1838 for Thirty dollars per ann. & which it appears by the papers was sent to me, has never been received; or if received, has been lost or mislaid, so that it cannot be found.
Washington Feb. 1839
Henry Foss

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No.
15766
Leah Fort
Wid of
Daniel Fort
Priv Rev War
Act
July 7 th
1838
Index: Vol.
a
Page
248
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Daniel Fort Albany Agency M c Ad 18 March 1885. When paid? Due. $4 14 Feb 1837 p t . H. H. That period JH

D. Fort

War Department,
PENSION OFFICE,
5732
August 1
1820.
SIR,
You are hereby informed that the schedule of your property has been examined ; and the Secretary of War has directed your name to be continued on the Pension Roll.
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. Edwards
To Mr.
Daniel Post Manhattan City New York

I certify that as appears from the record of marriages, solemnized in the Protestant Reformed Dutch church of Schaghticoke in the County of Rensselaer in the State of New-York Daniel G Fort was married to Lena Boskerk on the twenty third day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty four; and that the following transcript of such record of said marriage is in exact conformity with the original, the date being expressed in fair legible characters.
1784 Daniel G Fort en Lena Boskerk. Sep: 23.
And I depose and say, that I hold the office of Pastor of said church, and as such have the custody of said records.
H M Boyce
Subscribed and sworn this fourth day of September 1838 before me W m Van Vughten Justice of the peace for said town and county. -

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
William Knickerbocker of Schaghticoke in the County of Rensselaer, aged Sixty five years being duly sworn says that he was born and has always lived in Schaghticoke, that he is a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in said Schaghticoke, and is well acquainted & familiar with the Records of said Church, that he well knew the Reverend Elias - Van Benschoten, who purports by said Records to have married Daniel G. Hart to Lena Van Boshkirs. - that he well knew the said Hart, - and his wife Leah, and that it was common & was more common in former days, to contract the names of Dutch families. That said Leah Van Boshkirs, was sometimes called Lena and sometimes Luan. Boshkirs - and nothing was more common about the time of her marriage than, the leaving out part of both the Christian and Surname of Dutch families. - That even the minister who married the parties, was often called, Domine Benschoten than Van Benschoten his real name, - that dutch names were often spelled & pronounced in different ways by different people, that he well knew the said Daniel Hart, and Leah his wife who stand recorded as married on the records of the above named Church September 23 d 1784. - and has never known or heard of any other Daniel Hart or Daniel G. Hart, who married any Leah or Lena, or Luan Van Boshkirs

or Boskirk. That he has been well acquainted with the families of the Van Buskirk. That they were formerly more generally known by the name of Buskirk or Boskirk than any other. - That he sincerely believes the present Leah Van Buskirk who is the widow of said Daniel Host is the same person referred to in the record of marriage in the aforesaid Church Records of 23 rd September 1784 and has no doubt of the facts and further says not.
Wm. Knickerbocker
Sworn before me this 4 th day of September 1838 at Schuyler
Wm Van Kliefen Justice -

and I George R Davis First Judge of Pensylvania County Do hereby Certify that I personally know the applicant and her witnesses Catherine Baker, the Reverend Dr. M. Boyd. Col William Knickerbacker Judge. Jacob C. Lousing, & that they are each credible persons. and their statements entitled to the fullest credit. That I have personally known the present applicant her late husband for nearly thirty years, that they lived together for all that period as man and wife. That the said Daniel Fort was a personage - & I do further declare that I am of the opinion that the facts set forth in the said applicant's declaration are all true after the fullest investigation of the matter and I do further Certify that the said applicant resides over twenty five miles from the place of holding and County of records That from bodily infirmity she is confined to her bed & is unable from that infirmity to appear in Court. or to travel at all
Geo R Davis First Judge of Pennsylvania County County
And I do further Certify that all the interlineations or alterations in the several papers sworn to before me & so Certified, were made by myself in my own hand writing before they were so severally sworn to.
Geo R Davis First Judge of Pennsylvania County County

State of New York Rensselaer County
ss p: I Henry R. Bristol clerk of the said county do hereby certify that George R. Davis before whom the foregoing Declaration of Leah Hart and the Depositions of Catharine Baker & Jacob C. Lansing appear to have been sworn was at the time of taking the proof of the said Declaration & the said Depositions First Judge of the County of Rensse- -laer duly commissioned & sworn - I also certify that William Van Veghten before whom the annexed Depositions of H. W. Boyd & William Knicker- -backer appear to have been sworn was at the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace in & for the County of Rensselaer duly appointed and qualified and further that the signatures of said Justices to the annexed papers are genuine In Testimony whereof I have here to set my hand and affixed the seal of the said County this 29 th day of November A.D. 1838
Henry R. Bristol clerk

(3550) In the matter of Widow Leah Fort. Widow of Daniel Fort
Application for a Pension -
Act 7 July 1838 Married 1784 died Nov 4 1837 Allan $30 per ann from Nov 4 1837
Hon H. Vail H R